# Shavers (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/shavers/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,609 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,054 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 85,549 people |
| Change since 2000 | +18% (3,068 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shavers in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 21% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 71% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 3.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Shavers in the United States.

## People named Shavers

- Earnie Shavers, American boxer (1944–2022)
- China Shavers, American actress

## Similar surnames

Shivers, Savarese, Severs, Sparks, Spears, Sprague, Severson, Sprouse, Sparkman, Spires, Spriggs, Spurgeon.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.